How to Fix Democracy
Since its origins, democracy has been a work in progress. Today, many question its resilience. How to Fix Democracy, a collaboration of the Bertelsmann Foundation and Humanity in Action, explores practical solutions for how to address the increasing threats democracy faces. Host Andrew Keen interviews prominent international thinkers and practitioners of democracy.Podcasts
From Stability to Upheaval: Yuval Levin on the 1950s Prelude to America's 1960s Revolution | Featuring Yuval Levin
Published: Sept. 10, 2024, 7:57 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds
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The Turning Point in American Conservatism | Featuring Matthew Continetti
Published: Aug. 7, 2024, 9:36 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 51 seconds
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The Dualities of the American Immigrant Experience: A Reflection on Dreams, Acceptance, and Cultural Tensions from the 1950s to Today | Featuring Ray Suarez
Published: July 22, 2024, 12:01 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 14 seconds
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Democracy and Foreign Policy: Elites, Power, and Accountability in the Cold War Era |Featuring Elizabeth Saunders
Published: July 11, 2024, 12:37 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 6 seconds
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Faith, Politics, and the Rise of Authoritarianism: A Journey Through American Conservatism | Featuring Peter Wehner
Published: June 20, 2024, 7:59 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 44 seconds
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The Republican Thread: Conservatism in the Twentieth Century | Featuring Jacob Heilbrunn
Published: June 4, 2024, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds
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Pursuing Gay Rights in Americas Democracy | Featuring James Kirchick
Published: May 8, 2024, 1:07 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds
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How the Constitution and the Law Can Save American Democracy | Featuring Jeffrey Rosen
Published: April 3, 2024, 1:27 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 32 seconds
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Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years | Featuring James Traub
Published: March 15, 2024, 3:42 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 47 seconds
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Challenges to Democracy in the Cold War | Featuring Sarah Snyder
Published: March 4, 2024, 12:57 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds
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The Democratic Divide in a Post World War II America | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 4:43 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 45 seconds
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American Democracy Transformed | Featuring Kevin Baker
Published: Dec. 13, 2023, 2:14 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds
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Fighting for Equity: African-American struggles in the '20s and '30s | Featuring Jill Watts
Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 2:54 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds
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Women's Political Rights | Featuring Dr. Allida Black
Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 5:58 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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The Hoover Presidency | Featuring Richard Norton Smith
Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 12:58 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds
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Richard Norton Smith
Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 12:58 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds
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The Legacy of FDR | Featuring Paul Sparrow
Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 3:29 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds
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FDR and the Great Depression | Featuring Derek Leebaert
Published: July 24, 2023, 8:17 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 55 seconds
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American Isolationism and the Shifting World Order | Featuring Robert Kagan
Published: July 10, 2023, 7:53 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 11 seconds
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The Scopes Trial and the Fight for the Freedom to Teach | Featuring Edward Larson
Published: June 8, 2023, 1:45 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 28 seconds
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American Democracy in the Aftermath of World War I | Featuring Adam Hochschild
Published: May 3, 2023, 6:42 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds
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How Authoritarian Leaders Wield & Maintain Power | Featuring Moises Naim
Published: March 6, 2023, 1:44 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 43 seconds
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The State of American Democracy in the Shadow of January 6th | Featuring Larry Diamond
Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 8:51 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 42 seconds
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Is Bipartisanship Possible in the United States | Featuring Michael Thorning
Published: Dec. 7, 2022, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds
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The Transformation of the Republican Party | Featuring Dana Milbank
Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 5:11 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds
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Midterm Elections Special | Featuring Rebekah Caruthers
Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 1 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds
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American Ideologies and Trumpism | Featuring Darrell M. West
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 11:44 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds
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Darrell M. West
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 11:44 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds
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The Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court | Featuring Dahlia Lithwick
Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 5:24 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes
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Religion and American Conservatism | Featuring Katherine Stewart
Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 3:59 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 31 seconds
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Katherine Stewart
Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 3:59 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 31 seconds
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The Health of American Democracy | Featuring Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 1:42 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 18 seconds
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 1:42 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 18 seconds
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Racial Injustice & Voting Rights in the United States | Featuring Andrea Young
Published: July 8, 2022, 6:06 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds
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Bridging the Partisan Divide | Featuring Monica Guzman
Published: May 16, 2022, 8:49 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 5 seconds
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The Crisis of the American Right | Featuring Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch
Published: April 19, 2022, 5:09 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 57 seconds
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Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch
Published: April 19, 2022, 5:09 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 57 seconds
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Tocqueville's Take on Democracy | Featuring Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
Published: March 16, 2022, 7:59 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 1 second
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Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
Published: March 16, 2022, 7:59 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 1 second
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The Roles of Citizens | Featuring Jon Alexander
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 12:07 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 34 seconds
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Democracy in Pain | Featuring Patrick Radden Keefe
Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 3:06 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 47 seconds
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Patrick Radden Keefe
Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 3:06 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 47 seconds
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Examining Elections | Featuring David van Reybrouck
Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds
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David van Reybrouck
Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds
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Innovating Democracy | Featuring Claudia Chwalisz
Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 6:45 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 2 seconds
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The State of American Democracy | Featuring Darryl Pinckney
Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds
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Democracy Delivering Results | Featuring Danilo Turk
Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 10:47 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 51 seconds
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Fostering Collaboration | Featuring Helene Landemore
Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 9:56 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds
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Helene Landemore
Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 9:56 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds
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Non-Western Democracies | Featuring David Stasavage
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 9:09 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds
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A Political Wilderness? | Featuring DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren
Published: July 28, 2021, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 5 seconds
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DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren
Published: July 28, 2021, 10:45 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 5 seconds
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Citizenship and July 4th | Featuring Roya Hakakian
Published: July 9, 2021, 2:06 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds
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Voter Suppression | Featuring Dr. Carol Anderson
Published: June 23, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 15 seconds
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Bonus Episode: Live with Dr. Carol Anderson
Published: June 23, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 15 seconds
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Digital Democracy and Citizen Engagement | Featuring Wietse Van Ransbeeck
Published: June 18, 2021, 12:03 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds
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Wietse Van Ransbeeck
Published: June 18, 2021, 12:03 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds
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Democracy Through the Camera Lens | Featuring Astra Taylor
Published: June 4, 2021, 2:49 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 19 seconds
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Citizen Power | Featuring Eric Liu
Published: May 26, 2021, 9:56 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds
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What is Global Citizenship | Featuring Nanjala Nyabola
Published: May 14, 2021, 9:50 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds
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Devil's Curse of Migration | Featuring Abdul-Rehman Malik
Published: April 21, 2021, 4:54 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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Abdul-Rehman Malik
Published: April 21, 2021, 4:54 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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Democracy, Citizenship, and Dystopian Fiction | Featuring Margaret Atwood
Published: April 7, 2021, 9:08 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 17 seconds
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Can America Lead Again? | Featuring Tom Malinowski
Published: March 24, 2021, 12:52 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds
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Tom Malinowski
Published: March 24, 2021, 12:52 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds
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Smart Cities, Smart Citizens? | Featuring Bianca Wylie
Published: March 10, 2021, 3:13 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 21 seconds
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Active, Equal, and Collective | Featuring Richard Bellamy
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 11:23 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds
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Richard Bellamy
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 11:23 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds
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Citizenship and Belonging | Featuring Adrienne Clarkson
Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 1:07 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds
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Adrienne Clarkson
Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 1:07 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds
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The Contradictions of Human Nature | Featuring Adam Hochschild
Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 2:12 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds
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Human Capital-ism | Featuring Daniel Markovits
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 2:06 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds
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Daniel Markovits
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 2:06 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds
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No Nostalgia | Featuring Jan Sowa
Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 4:52 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 58 seconds
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Laboratories of Democracy | Featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 1:59 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 8 seconds
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Anne-Marie Slaughter
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 1:59 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 8 seconds
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Crisis of Confidence | Featuring Ian Bassin
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 12:48 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds
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Economics Rife with Anger | Featuring Mark Blyth
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 4:15 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds
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Political Power without Capital | Peniel Joseph
Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 9:37 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 37 seconds
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Listening to Other | Featuring Arlie Hochschild
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 2:54 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 8 seconds
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Arlie Hochschild
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 2:54 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 8 seconds
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Winner Take All | Featuring Robert H. Frank
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 7:07 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 59 seconds
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Four Horsemen of Leveling | Featuring Walter Scheidel
Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 16 seconds
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This Is When You Want Deficits | Featuring Maya MacGuineas
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 3:41 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds
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System Attrition | Featuring Adam Tooze
Published: July 21, 2020, 9:01 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds
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Describing the Deficit | Stephanie Kelton
Published: July 7, 2020, 9:13 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds
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Rebecca Henderson
Published: June 24, 2020, 8:39 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds
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Us Later, Not Me Now | Featuring Rebecca Henderson
Published: June 24, 2020, 8:39 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds
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All About Taxes | Featuring Gabriel Zucman
Published: June 19, 2020, 2:58 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Redistribute Productivity | Featuring Sir Paul Collier
Published: June 9, 2020, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 2 seconds
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Individual Choice | Featuring Gideon Rachman
Published: June 5, 2020, 4:52 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 18 seconds
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Reform and Revolution | Featuring Richard D. Wolff
Published: May 26, 2020, 5:15 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 47 seconds
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Capitalism and the Health of Democracy | Helen Thompson
Published: May 22, 2020, 3:33 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
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Buying into America | Featuring Amity Shlaes
Published: May 12, 2020, 1:05 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 5 seconds
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Concentrations of Power | Featuring Sarah Miller
Published: April 28, 2020, 12:48 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds
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Sir Angus Deaton
Published: April 14, 2020, 6:36 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds
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Democracy, Markets, and Healthcare | Featuring Sir Angus Deaton
Published: April 14, 2020, 6:36 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds
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Uneven Playing Field | Featuring Raghuram Rajan
Published: March 31, 2020, 1:02 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds
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Why We Can't All Be Denmark | Featuring Branko Milanovic
Published: March 17, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes
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Democracy: Its the Only Way to Preserve Freedom | Featuring Larry Diamond
Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 40 seconds
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"Fed or Free" is a False Choice| Featuring Annika Savill
Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds
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What is Local is Global |Featuring Richard Stengel
Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 2:41 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds
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The Art of Listening | Featuring Leon Botstein
Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 5:39 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 9 seconds
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The Other 1% | Featuring Ralph Nader
Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 4:03 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds
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John Ralston Saul
Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds
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Democracy Is Not a Fancy Beast! | Featuring John Ralston Saul
Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds
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Human Dignity First | Featuring Rob Riemen
Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds
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Waves of Democracy | Featuring Carl Gershman
Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds
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Constanze Stelzenmuller
Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 4:24 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds
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Pluto Populism and Plebiscites | Featuring Constanze Stelzenmuller
Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 4:24 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 19 seconds
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Weve Stumbled into Dystopia | Featuring Maria Ressa
Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 2:05 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds
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The Main Challenges to Democracy | Featuring Yascha Mounk
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 3:07 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 22 seconds
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The Evolution of the Republican Party | Featuring Norman Ornstein
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 3:04 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds
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Hard Won, Hard Fought | Cornell Brooks
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 3:52 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 17 seconds
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Laura Rosenberger
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 3:48 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
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Division Makes Us Vulnerable | Featuring Laura Rosenberger
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 3:48 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
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No Middle Class, No Middle Ground | Featuring Edward Luce
Published: July 19, 2019, 5 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds
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A Historical Perspective of Democracy | Featuring Sheri Berman
Published: July 19, 2019, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 36 seconds
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Drowning in Information | Featuring Anne Applebaum
Published: July 9, 2019, 4:52 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 53 seconds
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Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Published: June 21, 2019, 3:51 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds
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Rule of Law, or Rule by Law? | Featuring Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Published: June 21, 2019, 3:51 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds
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Young People and Democracy | Featuring Mete Coban
Published: June 7, 2019, 2:42 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 25 seconds
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The Strength of Democracy | Tzipi Livni
Published: June 7, 2019, 2:39 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 46 seconds
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Madeleine Albright
Published: May 24, 2019, 12:59 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds
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The 1% is Anti - Democratic | Featuring Madeleine Albright
Published: May 24, 2019, 12:59 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds
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Angelos Chaniotis
Published: May 10, 2019, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds
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Do You Even Know Aristides? | Featuring Angelos Chaniotis
Published: May 10, 2019, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds
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Adrian Wooldridge
Published: March 1, 2019, 4:59 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 18 seconds
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Michael Ignatieff
Published: Jan. 23, 2019, 7:06 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 37 seconds
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